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The Nehemiah Royce House, also known as the Washington Elm House, is a historic home located at 538 North Main Street, Wallingford, Connecticut. George Washington visited the house twice. In 1775, while on his way to take command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts and again in 1789 when he gave an address to the townspeople in front of the house near the Elm. ==Biography of Nehemiah Royce== ;Early life He was born about 1636 in England, the son of Robert Royce (c1606-1676) and Mary. He may have been the Nehemiah Royce christened on May 30, 1637 at St Michael the Greater Anglican Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. There was only one Nehemiah Royce in all of England, coincidentally christened 1637, whose parents coincidentally are named Robert and Mary. He died on November 1, 1706 at New Haven, Connecticut and is buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, Connecticut〔(Nehemiah Royce ) at Find A Grave〕 ;Marriage and family On Nov. 20, 1660, he married Hannah Morgan at New London New London County, Connecticut. They were the parents of nine children. She was born on July 18, 1642 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and died on June 19, 1677 at Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was the daughter of James Morgan and Margery Hill. He married as his second wife, Esther Moss in 1678. Royce, a carpenter, joiner and blacksmith by trade, was one of Wallingford's original 38 proprietors authorized by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1667 to purchase land from Mantowese and Sunk Squa, daughter of the Great Sachem of the Quinnipiacs. On May 12, 1670, Wallingford was incorporated and about 126 people settled in the town. On May 11, 1693 Royce was elected deputy representing Wallingford to the Court of the Connecticut Colony.〔(Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776 )〕 ;Descendants Nehemiah Royce's descendants number in the thousands today. Some of his notable descendants include: *Jonathan Brace, (1754–1837) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Harwinton, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1779. *Clint Eastwood,〔(McGilligan, Patrick. ''Clint: The Life And Legend'' ); New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002; pp. 13.〕 American film actor, director, and producer *Millard Fillmore,〔 (1800–1874) was the 13th President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig Party (United States) to hold that office. *Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, was an American editor, humorist, theatre critic, playwright and author of short stories, who worked for ''The New Yorker'' magazine from 1927 until his death in 1958. *Hamilton Jeffers,〔 (1893–1978) was a noted astronomer. *John Robinson Jeffers,〔 (1887–1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. He is considered an icon of the environmental movement. *George B. McClellan,〔Jones, 16〕〔Jones, 19〕〔Jones, 20〕 Civil War general, Governor of New Jersey, Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 United States presidential election. *Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) was an American journalist, landscape designer and father of American landscape architecture, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park in New York City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nehemiah Royce House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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